641: Special Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, No.14 (General), dated 8th August 1860, forwarding with observations the printed volumes of the Transactions of the Bengal Government in the Judicial, Revenue and General Departments, for the months of April, May, June and July 1860
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Home Department letter received from India, No.87 of 1860, dated 11 August 1860; a copy of the Special Narrative; and papers relating to certain reforms proposed by Thomas Jones, Register, Government of Bengal, to be introduced in the Printing Department ...
805: Correspondence regarding the publication of a Native newspaper called The People's Friend, in the District of Etawah in the North Western Provinces
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.18 of 1861, dated 26 February 1861; and a copy of The People's Friend, dated 1st January 1861, in English, Hindi and Urdu
853: Despatch from the Government of the Cape of Good Hope, dated 30th April 1860, and enclosures, reporting the misconduct of Dr Seamen, the Medical Officer in charge of Emigrants for Demarara per Thomas Hamlin, and the circumstances under which the Commander of that ship proceeded on his voyage without a Surgeon
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.7 of 1861, dated 14 January 1861
850: Papers regarding a proposal made by the Civil Finance Commission for the abolition of the Board of Examiners in the Oriental languages and for the amalgamation of the Office of Registrar of Calcutta University with that of the Under Secretary to the Government of Bengal
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.22 of 1861, dated 12 April 1861
1043: Report by Mr Riddell, late Director General of the Post Office in India, dated 19th April 1861, regarding the proposal for the establishment of a weekly postal communication between England and Bombay, in substitution of the existing arrangement under which four Mails were brought to India every month, namely two to Bombay, and two, by way of Galle, to Madras and Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.12 of 1861, dated 28 June 1861; and a letter from H B Riddell, Director General of the Post Office of India, to W Grey, Secretary to the Government of India, dated the 19th April 1861
934: Minutes by the Government of India on the proposals submitted by the Governments of Madras and Bombay respectively for the removal of the residence of the Governor of Madras to the Nilgiris, and of the seat of the Government of Bombay to Poona
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.30 of 1861, dated 17 May 1861
1001: Memorial from Anna Maria Buist, widow of the late Dr George Buist, Superintendent of the Government Printing Press at Allahabad, praying for the grant of a pension to herself and her two daughters
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.62 of 1861, dated 20 August 1861
1133: Papers on the subject of the abolition of the Special Agency for the suppression of Meriah sacrifices [human sacrifices]
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.98 of 1861, dated 31 December 1861. Also contained within the papers are: Correspondence on the question of whether the operations of the Meriah Agency may be placed directly under the supervision of the Madras Govern...
1157: Letter from the Government of India, Home Department, regarding the case of Urjoon Singh, late Rajah of Poorahaut, and simply referring the Secretary of State for India to Nos.43 to 47 of the Government of India Public Proceedings for the month of August 1861
Scope & Content:
The collection consists only of a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.81 of 1861, dated 12 November 1861